Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1888 — A BAREFACED LIE [ARTICLE]

A BAREFACED LIE

Emphatically Squelched by Grover Cleveland. [Philadelphia special.] The following communication has been received by Mr. James Whiteley, of this city: Executive Mansion, I „ Washington, Sept. 13, 1888. j James Whiteley, Esq.: , Dear Sib—Your letter of the Bth inst. has just been presented to my attehtion, and it affords the first intimation I have had that in an article published in the North American Review I am charged with the declaration that “I believe in free trade as I believe in the Protestant religion.” In answer to your inquiry as to the truth of this allegation 1 have to say that I never made use of that expression or anything like it. The statement you quote is a pure, unadulterated fabrication. While it would be in vain to attempt to crush out or refute every false statement coined or forged to serve the purpose of misrepresentation in the heat of a political canvass, the friendly spirit of your inquiry has led me to make this emphatic denial. Yours very truly, Grover Cleveland.